Number
Date
Topic
Resource
Note

September 7, 2015


Labour Day - No School
1
September 8
Home Room

First day for students.
2
September 9
Home Room


3
September 10
Intro.


4
September 11
Survey


5
September 14
Overview


Grade 7 SS Overview




6
September 15
Empowerment - Authority, Power
Empowerment - Authority & Power



7
September 16
Personal Empowerment
Empowerment - Personal Empowerment
Label map of Canadian provinces and territories
8
September 17
Personal Empowerment
What can you do - as grade 7 students - to be come more empowered?

Create a poster/title page.

9
September 18
Disempowerment


Journal Question: In your opinion,who has the most power in Canada? Why?
Critical thinking, bias, word choice


Journal writing- paragraph writing
10
September 21
Home Children







11
September 22
Home Children
Audio Link Pages 16-17
Today we read pages 16-17. We practiced labeling a map.
12
September 23
Home Children
Audio Link Page 18

Audio Link Page 19
Today, we will finish reading pages 18-19 and begin work on the "Disempowerment hand out. We are also practicing labeling the Canadian Map with provinces & territories. There will be a map quiz on Thursday (7E) and Monday (7A)
13
September 24
Home Children

Map Quiz for 7E

We completed and discussed hand out answers.
14
September 25
Economic Empowerment:
Needs and wants
Journal entry #2. Handed back 7E's quiz.






Economic Empowerment Vocabulary Introduction
15
September 28
Pre-industrial Economics - First Nations







Map Quiz for 7A
16
September 29
Pre-industrial Economics - European

Our first Test will be Wednesday, October 7th. Test Outline will follow.
17
September 30
Impact
Audio Page 25 Needs and Wants

Audio Page 28 Production

Audio Page 30 Distribution





Magazine Campaign Assemblies





19
October 1
Industrial Economics

Picture Day
20
October 2
Industrial Economics
Grade 7 Social Studies October 2, 2015
Computer Lab - Journal on-line, plus
21
October 5



22
October 6



23
October 7
First Test
First Test
Note: Mr. Terry will be with Grade 8's @ Hopewell Rocks

October 8


PD - no School

October 9


PD - no Schhol

October 12


Thanksgiving - No School
24
October 13
Economic Security




25
October 14
Elections


26
October 15
Elections

Research 4 political parties in groups.
27
October 16
School Election

Students will vote in the Library.

Tests were returned and placed in test/journal duo-tangs.

No Journal entry for today.
28
October 19
Economic Security

Set individual goals for Social Studies
(SMART Goals)

Continue map practice : capital cities and provinces/territories. Quiz TBA

Money movement in Capitalism.
29
October 20
Economic Security





30
October 21
Economic Security
October 21 - 23 Computer Lab Assignment 7A & 7E

31
October 22
Economic Security
October 21 - 23 Computer Lab Assignment 7A & 7E

32
October 23
Economic Security
October 21 - 23 Computer Lab Assignment 7A & 7E

Formative quiz - Map of Canada with capital cities.

Journal entry.
Journal Question: Paragraphing, punctuation, and use of capitals.
33
October 26

Poverty
Classes interrupted by immunization needles.
34
October 27

Computer Lab
Classes interrupted by bus evacuation drill.

Reminder" study for upcoming quiz on provinces/territories and capital cities. TBA
35
October 28

Poverty

Poverty Definitions













36
October 29



SS7 61 - 62 Audio

36
October 30

Journal Entry

Formative Quiz

38
November 2
Global Economy
Poverty Vocabulary




Global Economy

39
November 3

Sectors

40
November 4

Sectors
Remembrance Day Assemblies
41
November 5

Sectors

42
November 6

Sectors

43
November 9

Sectors

44
November 10

Sectors


November 11


Remembrance Day - No School
45
November 12



See twitter feed for web.

46
November 13

Test #2
Test moved to Monday at student request.
47
November 16

Test#2

48
November 17

Begin Political Empowerment unit.

49
November 18













SS7 Pages 76 - 78 audio

50
November 19



51
November 20



52
November 23

SS7 Historic Park Assignment Nov 23 -26
Progress Report #1 - Sent home this week.
53
November 24



54
November 25



55
November 26
BNA People
Mr. Terry was not in class today.
Parent/Teacher - 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

November 27
No School

Parent/Teacher - 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM
PD in afternoon
No School
56
November 30
BNA Life

Mac Lab
57
December 1
BNA Life - Video Criteria

Mac lab
58
December 2
BNA Life- Assignment

Mac lab
59
December 3
BNA Life Assignment
Mr. Terry at CDT in the AM


Mac lab
60
December 4
BNA Life Assignment
SS7 - Snow Closure
Mac lab
61
December 7
BNA Life Assignment - script
Mr. Terry in meetings at RMS
TAFA Switch Day
62
December 8
BNA Life Assignment - script


63
December 9
BNA Life Assignment - video


64
December 10
BNA Life Assignment - video


65
December 11
Finish BNA Life Assignment - video


66
December 14
BNA Government




Political Structure Vocabulary

67
December 15
BNA Government
SS7 School Closure - Dec. 15, 2015

68
December 16
BNA Government


69
December 17
BNA Government
SS7 Dec. 17, 2015 C Lab

70
December 18
BNA Government

Last day before break.



Thank you for all of your work. Have a safe and a happy break! See you in January 2016.


January 4, 2016


PD - No School
71
January 5
Review Rep. Gov.

First day for students after break.
72
January 6
Rebellion


Joseph Howe

73
January 7
Rebellion


74
January 8
Responsible Gov.
Grade7 Social Studies - January 8, 2016
75
January 11
Confederation



76
January 12

Review

77
January 13

School closed

78
January 14

Test

79
January 15



80
January 18
Confederation



SS7 Pg. 127 NB

SS7 Pg. 127 PEI

SS7 Pg. 127 NS

SS7 Pg. 128 NF

81
January 19
Confederation


82
January 20
Confederation


83
January 21



84
January 22

LAST DAY FOR SOCIAL STUDIES

85
January 25

SCIENCE BEGINS